Hêza Parastina Yezidi

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Hêza Parastina Yezidi

Lineup 2014
Country Iraq ( Ezidikhan )
Origin of the soldiers Sinjar
Butcher Battle for Sharaf ad-Din
Commander in chief
Founder and Commander in Chief Heydar Schescho
commander Şêx Dawid Cindi , Qasim Pîr Avdo
insignia
flag Ezidxan Flag.png

The Hêza Parastina Êzîdxan ( HPÊ , Arabic قوة حماية ايزيدخان Quwwat Himayat Ezidchān , German defense force Ezidikhans ) is a Yezidi vigilantes that the terrorist organization in the wake of the summer offensive in 2014 Islamic State (IS) of Heydar Schescho was founded. During the same period, the YPG initiateda second vigilante group, the Yekîneyên Berxwedana Şingal (YBŞ).

Jesidischer HPE fighters in the Sinjar (2016)

In November 2015, the Hêza Parastina Şingal was renamed Hêza Parastina Êzîdxanê ( HPÊ , German Defense Force Ezidkhans).

Individual evidence

  1. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: The fear of the Yezidis in the Sinjar Mountains , accessed on September 8, 2014
  2. Şingal and IS: The jihadist genocide against the Yezidi and the consequences. (PDF) In: LeEZA (League for Emancipatory Development Cooperation). August 1, 2016, p. 6 , accessed on February 22, 2019 .
  3. Barzani's defeat in Sindschar - derStandard.at. Retrieved February 22, 2019 (Austrian German).